We are seeking an experienced Lead Mobile Engineer to support our clients in the strategy, development, and execution of mobile applications across platforms. This role will have different responsibilities depending on the state of the projects which may be:

• Leading a team of talented engineers and collaborate with product, design, and other cross-functional teams to deliver world-class mobile experiences to our users
• Propose technical state of the art architectures for a new app or the evolution of a current application

Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a mobile technology expert and advocate across the company.
• Knowledge of the state of the art technically
• Be aware or interested in learning the market trends in terms of Mobile products. Ex: is average time spent on a mobile purchase journey increasing in Retails Apps? 
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing mobile engineering team.
• Drive best practices in coding, architecture, security, and performance across mobile platforms 

Delivery & Execution

• Oversee the development, deployment, and maintenance of all mobile applications
• Have a clear vision for a quality driven approach to maintain app stability, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality software through agile methodologies.
• Partner with Product Management and Design to scope features and set technical direction.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Be able to collaborate with backend and web teams to ensure seamless API integration and consistent user experience.
• Deep knowledge of REST / GraphQL is a plus.

Innovation & Growth

• Stay current with industry trends and assess emerging technologies for future mobile strategy: Ex: KMP+CMP vs Skip.
• Drive internal and client initiatives around mobile: talks, workshops, etc.

Please note, this role requires you to be on-site in London 3 days a week.

Requirements

• Proven experience (10+ years) in mobile engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.

• Strong technical expertise in native iOS (Swift) and/or Android (Kotlin) development: while Android and iOS native development is one of our big focus, we also have projects in React Native, Flutter, KMP/CMP, etc - having experience with more than one framework is a plus, but it’s only necessary to have deep knowledge of one and willingness to learn about the rest
• Experience leading teams of mobile engineers, ideally in a high-growth or consumer-facing company.
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture, design patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.), and platform-specific guidelines.
• Track record of delivering and scaling complex mobile apps with millions of users.
• Excellent communication (in English) and strategic thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with cross-platform frameworks (e.g. React Native, KMP/CMP, Flutter etc).
• Experience working in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and app store release management.
• Background in performance tuning, mobile analytics, and A/B testing.

Benefits

• Competitive salary including self-proposed salary increases
• Flexible working arrangements 
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. After 2 years you are entitled to 1 additional day/ year up to 30 days
• Annual profit distribution 
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave and pay
• Enhanced pension scheme (up to 8% matched)
• Growth opportunities, including access to Udemy 
• Private Medical Healthcare with Aviva
• A dynamic, innovative, and supportive work environment, where your ideas and contributions are valued
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement within a global company 
• Annual company team-building trip, Anniversary and Christmas party
• The chance to work on cutting-edge projects that are transforming the fintech industry
• Electric Vehicle leasing scheme
• Retail Discounts
• At our offices we have a wide range of snacks and drinks to keep you fed and healthy
• Conference Budget
• Cycle to Work scheme

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

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